Curtain-pole



(No Model.)

C. A. FRANK.

.CURTAIN POLE.

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CHRISTIAN A. FRANK, OF BRADDOGK, PENNSYLVANIA.

'CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,726, dated January 5, 189'?.

Application filed September 19, 1896. Serial No. 606,364. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN A. FRANK, a`

citizen of the United States of America, residing at Braddock, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to l for its object to provide a curtain-pole that will not require rings or pins for holding the curtain; furthermore, a pole that will permit of the curtains being draped in any suitable manner after they have been hung in the pole.

The invention further aims to provide a curtain-pole of the above-described class that will be extremely simple in its construction, strong, durable, effectual in its operation, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

The invention further aims to construct a curtain-pole that will present a neat and handsome appearance and provide simple means for attaching and detaching the curtain from the pole.

With the above and other objects in view the invention inallyconsists in the novel construction, combination, andv arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved curtain-pole. Fig. 2 is a plan view of onehalf of vthe pole. Fig. 3 is a similar 'view of the other half, showing the end knobs in section; and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the pole.

In the drawings, a and a represent the two halves of the pole, each half being grooved so as to form a hollow pole. The section a carries hooks b b, said hooks supporting a rod o, eX- tending longitudinally through the hollow portion of the pole. Each of the sections is chamfered on one face, thus forming,when the sections are placed together, a slot d to receive the curtain. This chamfer, it will be noted, does not extend the entire length of the sections, thus leaving the pole similar and a solid end to receive the knobs e. Vithin the section a is secured a hook f, which is adapted to engage on the central hook b and assist in holding the two halves together.

- The pole, it will be observed, is grooved slightly off center, so as to give a greater bearingsurface for the hooks b, and the rod c is preferably pointed at one end, as shown in the drawings, and the rod is then hung upon the hooks h b. The section a is then placed on the section a and moved longitudinally until the hook f engages in the hook b, when the two sections will be in perfect alinement with each other, and the securing-knobs can be placed on the ends of the same.

By the arrangement of the central rod c it will be observed that the curtain can be draped in any manner desired after the pole has been hung, which would not be possible if the curtain were fastened directly to the pole.

It will also be noted that, if desired, a metal pole can be used for this construction, as the hooks can be very easily adapted or secured in the same, and a like result obtained as if the wooden pole were used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ish

1. In a curtain-pole formed in two halves, each half grooved to form a hollow pole when together, hooks secured in one half, a rod supported by said hooks, a hook in the other half to engage the central hook of the engaging half, and securing-knobs on the end of the pole, substantially as shown and described.

2. A curtain-pole consisting of .two halves, secured together by end knobs, a chamfer on each half, hooks secured in one half, a rod supported in said hooks to hold the curtain and a fastening-hook in theopposite half, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature lin presence of two witnesses. 

